IT is not every day that you get a shout out from the ‘Mother of Dragons’.

But an acclaimed Warrington stage group has been praised by Emilia Clarke for bringing ‘a beating heart to live theatre again’.

Emilia received an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Khaleesi in the hugely popular epic TV fantasy series, Game of Thrones.

But before that she went to London’s Drama Centre with David Mumeni, a member of Warrington’s Not Too Tame Theatre Company.

Jimmy Fairhurst, director of Not Too Tame, said: “It was incredibly exciting, “Emilia really likes what we are about and the work we are creating and offered to give us a quote if we thought it would help.

“She’s a great supporter of the arts and people creating their own work. A quote from the Khaleesi – not bad eh?”

Emilia’s comments could not have come at a better time as Jimmy is bringing his play Early Doors to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from July 30 to August 25.

The play explores how the community aspect of pubs and other communal meeting places is fading. Aptly, the play will be staged at Edinburgh’s Jinglin’ Geordie pub.

Jimmy, a former Burtonwood Primary and St Aelred’s, Newton pupil, added: “You can join our regulars for tales of love, loss, laughter and a pub quiz.

“It is a celebration of community and pub culture and has all the great qualities of a gig – uplifting and unpretentious.

“So you can drown your sorrows or charge your glasses, but we want people to grab a pint, take a seat and get a load of this.”

Early Doors has been a hit all over the country and Jimmy brought the play home to Burtonwood Catholic Club in October 2013.

Jimmy even had the chance to discuss Early Doors with Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting director Danny Boyle at a chance meeting last year. The 29-year-old described the thrill of live theatre as like a ‘bucking bronco ride’.

He said: “It’s not about actors up there on stage or wherever a performance is, it’s about experiencing a situation in real time in front of an audience for everyone to enjoy or go through together.

“As long as theatre is ‘alive’ it always has the possibility of being everything and anything and that’s exciting.

“You don’t try and ‘do it well’, you just react to what the other person is giving you and that can be terrifying but so exciting. That’s the rush. That’s the bucking bronco ride.”